New anime series announced, Cutie Honey Universe

Hello termites,

Go Nagai's 1974 magical girl series, Cutie Honey is back and it's looking prettier than ever.

Here's the staff list.

Director: Akitoshi Yokoyama (Photo Kano)
Series Composition Writer: Natsuko Takahashi (Love and Lies, URAHARA)
Character Designer/Chief Animation Director: Shuichi Iseki (The Dragon Dentist)
Anime Production: Production Reed (In Another World With My Smartphone)

The biggest name on that list is Shuichi Iseki. If you don't know anything about him, he's the person who co-created Me Me Me, the internet sensation that perfectly summarised anime in a 6 minutes and 30 seconds video.

Aside from that, Cutie Honey is one of the earliest magical girl series and its influence is far-reaching even today especially in the fanservice aspect of anime nowadays. The story is your typical good vs evil, but what was refreshing was that the main heroine (An android), Kisaragi Honey could change her clothes on the spot. This meant that every episode, Honey would sport a different outfit before turning into Cutie Honey, the Warrior of Love. This of course made for great TV as the young boys were glued to the TV watching their fictional crush wear their favourite sexy outfit every week whether it was a cowgirl costume or a wedding dress.

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